Failure & regret

What is the hardest thing that has happened to you, and what did you carry out of it?

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Henry R. Kravis Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Family is the center of my life. Without a doubt, the saddest day of my life was July 13, 1991, when I lost my eldest son, Harrison, in a car accident.
Recorded KKR, 2024 source ↗
Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
there was a year and a half after I sold my company where I felt adrift. I had a vague desire to slough off all responsibility. I had all the money now, so I had total freedom. Sold the company, I had nothing I had to do. I had nowhere I had to be.
Recorded Dan Riley, podcast transcript, Keep Talking, 26 February 2025 source ↗

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